First big stimulus project completed-Mo. Opening Bridge Funded By Federal Stimulus Funds

[babylonsister]

http://www.kctv5.com/news/24647386/detail.html

Mo. Opening Bridge Funded By Federal Stimulus Funds

POSTED: 12:06 pm CDT August 16, 2010


TUSCUMBIA, Mo. -- State officials are opening a mid-Missouri bridge that was the first construction project in the nation begun with federal stimulus funds.

Crews began work on the bridge in Tuscumbia on Feb. 17, 2009, just minutes after President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package into law. The bridge carries traffic on Missouri 17 over the Osage River about 30 miles southwest of Jefferson City. It replaces a bridge that was nearly 80 years old.

The Missouri Department of Transportation said Monday's ribbon-cutting was to be followed by a celebration organized by citizens of Tuscumbia and Miller County

[NC_Nurse]

1. Cool. Let me guess, all the Repubs that voted against the stimulus will hasten

to take credit for it. Sigh.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. This should be headlines

people need to know where the money went.

whoever's in charge of that department needs to give updates on TV

[babylonsister]

3. I agree; a splashy televised opening would be nice. Would never

happen in this climate.

[SpartanDem]

4. Some people underate the stimulus since it wasn't a WPA style

progam run through federal government, but these and other projects are proof this is really creating jobs.